Job summary
Central and East Eating Disorders Service is a team based at Northgate hospital in Great Yarmouth and The Lighthouse at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich. We are a diverse multidisciplinary team, dedicated to supporting children, young people and their families who are living with eating disorders and supporting them to recovery.

Your role would involve holding a caseload of young people with a diagnosable eating disorder, providing evidence-based therapeutic interventions for young people and their families, following evidence-based models to support your practice, undertaking assessments of new referrals, monitoring physical health and coordinating the care of young people on the caseload.

You will be part of a diverse and active MDT, supporting young people and their families through recovery. There is a strong emphasis on systemic work within this specialism, so skills in working with families as well as the young person is key.

Please apply if you are interested in joining our team and experiencing this specialist area of mental health.

This role will have responsibility supporting both service users in our Norwich and Great Yarmouth bases. Job plans will be created to ensure time is given for any additional commute.

Main duties of the job

• Holding a caseload of children and young people and seeing them weekly for appointments.
• Liaising with other professionals, both within the team and externally to coordinate care.
• Completing assessments of new referrals to the service.
• Attending MDT meetings for young people on your caseload
• Working closely with families and other professionals to support the best outcome for young people.
• Monitoring physical health and escalating care in line with MEED guidelines.
• Completing allocated duty tasks on your allocated duty day.
• Keeping comprehensive and contemporaneous clinical documentation
• Working as part of an MDT

About us
Working for your Organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Benefits included with this role are:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• gym membership
• NHS discounts and many more.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Details
Date posted: 09 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
pa/pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 246-WSU8013374-A
Job locations: The Lighthouse Centre Hellesdon Hospital, Drayton High Road, Norfolk, NR6 5BE, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
It is our expectation that you will be a proactive, compassionate, and motivated individual with transferrable skills or with experience of working in the community with Children & Young People. Possessing an interest with Children & Young People with an Eating Disorder is essential.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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If you would like to have a further information discussion about this role, please contact James Moss, Specialist Operational Manager, james.moss@nsft.nhs.uk

**Previous Applicants Need Not Apply **

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration

Desirable

• Recognised Leadership/Management training

Knowledge
Essential

• An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)

Experience
Essential

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
• Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions

Desirable

• Experience in delivering group based interventions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Apply through our website).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Apply through our website).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address: The Lighthouse Centre Hellesdon Hospital, Drayton High Road, Norfolk, NR6 5BE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Specialist Operational Manager, James Moss, james.moss@nsft.nhs.uk, 01603978455